Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform
Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 11 - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
5:20 pm
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source
JobBridge is a useful scheme for getting people who are unemployed into useful employment. We took over the statute law revision programme from the Office of the Attorney General.
It was a pilot scheme in the Office of the Attorney General to examine old statute law. The first two significant bodies of legislation repealing old statute law have been enacted by the Oireachtas. The final bit is under way and I hope to have it before the Oireachtas this year. The net question is whether we should do this with full-time staff rather than JobBridge people. There is no lack of enthusiastic law graduates and researchers who want the experience of working with the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on this project. It is very valuable experience which is an enabler for them to progress in their career path. This is what JobBridge is about, to give people a start with something that looks good on their CV and gives them experience in a practical working environment. People want to do this.
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